Sunday, April 30, 2017

Trump tells the truth

(CNN)If you take Donald Trump at his word, making America great again is going to be quite a chore.The Republican nominee is selling an apocalyptic vision -- the US as an impoverished hellscape beset by bloodthirsty urban anarchists, a terrorist fifth column, and the machinations of globalist elites.Even the most mundane institutions are cast as symbols of existential rot. At every turn, Trump finds another "broken," "rigged" and "disastrous" policy to undo or abolish. Real worries and legitimate concerns share space -- sometimes lines in a single speech -- with Trump's dark fantasies.

Yes, just looking at the California rigs is enough to cause disunion. Our best approach is to accept the reality of default. So maybe our president is prepping us to go full sandbox.